Where to meet European game developers?

Key national game developer community gatherings in Europe

Below you can find a list of key national game developer conferences and summits in Europe that act as the main meeting points for national gamedev communities in Europe. Please note that national game industry award ceremonies are often equally important local gamedev community meeting points. You can find  a list of them here: https://www.egdf.eu/category/game-awards/

Austria

• Game Dev Days Graz – https://gamedevdays.com/

Azerbaijan

• Gamesummit – https://gamesummit.ai/

Belarus (A game dev community in exile)

• BelGameDev Warsaw Meetups – https://www.linkedin.com/company/belgamedev/posts/?feedView=all 

Belgium

• Brussels: BROTARU – https://www.facebook.com/bxl.otaru/
• Flanders:  UNWRAP Festival –  https://www.unwrap.be/
• Wallonia: Meet and Build – https://meetandbuild.eu 

Bulgaria

• SGJ – https://www.sofiagamejam.com/conference

Croatia

•  Reboot Develop Blue –  https://rebootdevelopblue.com/

Cyprus

• Gdcy Fest – www.gdcy.eu/fest

Czech Republic

• Game Developer Session (GDS) Praque – https://gdsession.com

Denmark

• Copenhagen Gameing Week –  https://www.copenhagengamingweek.dk/en

Finland

• Finnish Games Week – https://www.finnishgamesweek.com

France

• Game Camp France – https://gamecamp.fr/en/home/

Germany

• Gamescom – https://www.gamescom.global/en

Ireland

• Nexus – https://gamerfest.ie/nexus/

Italy

• First Playable – https://www.firstplayable.it

Lithuania

• Gameon – https://www.gameon.lt

Netherlands

• Dutch Game Day – https://dutchgameday.nl

Norway

• Konsoll –  https://konsoll.org/
• Spillkonventet –  https://vikenfilmsenter.no/spillkonventet/

Poland

• GiC – https://gic.gd/
• Digital Dragons – https://digitaldragons.pl/

Romania 

• Dev.Play –  https://dev-play.ro/

Serbia

• For the Win – https://ftwconference.com/
• Unreal Day – www.unrealday.com

Slovakia

• Game Days –  https://gamedays.sk/

Sweden

• Nordic Game Conference –  https://conf.nordicgame.com
• Sweden Game Conference – https://swedengameconference.se/en/

Switzerland

• Gamesweek Zurich | The Conference – https://www.gamesweekzurich.org/

Turkey

• Mobidictum – https://mobidictum.com/events/mobidictum-conference-2024/

Ukraine

• Games Gathering – https://www.ggconference.com/en/